When you get promoted to more responsibility, higher yield time expectations and increased demands how do you deal with it?
Some people work their tail off with the idea that they'll "get on top of things" if they just put their head down, bottom up, and go for it. This is a common mistake.
Some people worry more. By worrying about things, some people who get promoted think that they'll impress the universe and therefore be gifted with great answers and better results. Other people extend their work hours and do all three of the above. What do you do?
My Dad used to walk in the back door at the end of a turmoil filled day (or so he said) and demand empathy. If my step mother wasn't forthcoming with food, or us kids weren't submissive and polite, his violent emotional reaction was justified with "I've been working my guts out all day, and this is how you thank me?" ....
Although my Dad was not a Catholic, his use of guilt in our upbringing was as good as it gets... he could have been the Pope in another life!
So, twenty years later, I'd come home, unlike my Dad when in his era the Pub closed at 6.pm guaranteeing the latest arrival home would be 6.30pm ... I'd be home anytime between 5pm and 10pm... depending on how "busy" we were at the office...
When time was short in my past life as the owner of an Air Pollution Engineering firm, I'd look around for where I could pinch it from... there were options... I could pinch time from my lunch hour, my morning and afternoon tea, from the weekly staff meetings.... they'd go first... then there was my exercise time, my sports team time and my early morning jogging and meditation time... that went second.. and finally there was family time... dinner, weekends and then evenings.. that went third.. Last, but not least, was sleep time and it eventually would be consumed.
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